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opprobrious

[uh-proh-bree-uhs]

adjective

  1. conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker.

    opprobrious invectives.

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  2. outrageously disgraceful or shameful.

    opprobrious conduct.

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opprobrious

/ É™Ėˆ±č°łÉ™ŹŠ²ś°łÉŖÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. expressing scorn, disgrace, or contempt

  2. shameful or infamous

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • opprobriously adverb
  • opprobriousness noun
  • nonopprobrious adjective
  • nonopprobriously adverb
  • nonopprobriousness noun
  • unopprobrious adjective
  • unopprobriously adverb
  • unopprobriousness noun
  • “DZčˈ±č°ł“Dzś°ł¾±“dzܲõ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
  • “DZčˈ±č°ł“Dzś°ł¾±“dzܲõ±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of opprobrious1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin “DZč±č°ł“Dzś°ł¾±Å²õ³Ü²õ, equivalent to Latin opprobri ( um ) opprobrium + -ō²õ³Ü²õ -ous
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Example Sentences

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He hated the term ā€œblackā€ — back then spelled with a lowercase B — which had often been an opprobrious way of talking about the people to whose fight for equality he’d devoted his life.

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In the summer of 1903, he was charged with assaulting a man who had called his mother ā€œopprobriousā€ names.

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Rand’s most extreme and opprobrious remarks, nevertheless, were saved for her subsequent discussion of Native Americans.

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On the other hand, you know I find it opprobrious the kind of appropriation of Dr. King’s image, iconic status and legacy for the very purposes that stood tooth-and-nail against him when he lived.

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An opprobrious response to the game's depiction of race and racial struggle, as well as other elements of narrative and structure.

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